Coach Brian Smith’s Winder-Barrow High School Diamond Doggs completed their non-region schedule playing about as well as possible.

The veteran baseball coach knows, however, that Region 8-AAAA can make a team who is having success suddenly find itself scrambling.

“As happy as we are at how we have started, we want to peak and finish as hot as we can be going into the playoffs,” Smith said Monday. “We want to be playing together as a team as the season progresses.”
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The Winder-Barrow High School baseball team continued to be offensive Monday afternoon.

Coach Brian Smith’s Diamond Doggs were certainly offensive to visiting Eastside as they plated 18 runs on their way to a dominating 18-3 win which was mercifully called off after four innings. It was a true display of offense for WBHS, who moved to 4-0 with the win.[Full Story »]

The past year provided many surprises and lots of exciting moments in the local sports scene.

From triumphs on the football field to long overdue victories, sports fans in Jackson County were treated to several different types of sports memories to keep from JCCHS, Jefferson and East Jackson, as well as from Park and Rec and other area sporting events.

Here’s a look at five of the biggest sports stories of 2009, in no particular order.
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